And so it is –

After listening to Charlotte's willingness to poach, Mr. Westwood happily agreed.

- Unlike a few years ago, the rise of Spectre Studios is now very strong.

It can be said that in addition to some deficiencies in the background, this studio, which has completed the corporatization and reorganization, is completely comparable to some second-tier film and television companies.

What's more, there are well-known directors like Charlotte in charge.

- Such a company in Hollywood is an upside stock in the absolute sense, and Mr. Westwood will naturally have no opinion now that he has the opportunity to come on board.

And he has no opinion on the temporary transfer to become a TV series producer.

In fact, many second- and third-tier producers in Hollywood often cross over in the fields of TV series and movies.

Mr. Westwood is no stranger to this.

Of course, the premise is that there has to be a good script -

"Death Note!?"

The name on the script struck Mr. Westwood as a little strange.

"Is this a note taken by a person before he dies?

Mr. Westwood, who knew nothing, pondered as he picked up the manuscript and read it.

Soon, he discovered that this script and "literature and art" actually can't be played.

- This is a high-IQ battle wits story with thriller and fantasy elements.

Moreover, the story is written with great emotion.

Anyway, Mr. Westwood just watched it for a while, and his blood boiled. And then—

"Hey, old Tony, I haven't written your name in this notebook yet, don't look like you're going to have a heart palsy at any moment!"

Seeing Mr. Westwood clutching his chest and panting, Charlotte wondered if it was time for her to call an ambulance.

Fortunately, Mr. Westwood waved his hand,

"I'm fine, it's just that this plot is really a little tense, and I watched it a little ...... for a while"

“...... All right. ”

Charlotte was a little helpless for Mr. Westwood to praise the script in this way.

Mr. Westwood continued,

"It's a good story, and I can probably understand why you decided to make it into a TV series instead of a movie - it's true that such a lot of wits and reversals in a movie would be a struggle for the audience to watch, but if it were made into a TV series—"

Mr. Westwood paused,

"It should work very well, and it's easy to entice the audience to keep watching!"

"Then no problem!"

Charlotte shrugged,

"So, Tony, after jumping ship, it should be okay to serve as the producer of this TV series first, right?"

"No problem. But—"

Mr. Westwood took his first aid medication out of his pocket and shook it at Charlotte,

"Your paralyzed setting is a bit ironic to me!"

“......”

"Anyway, how many seasons are you going to shoot this story?"

Mr. Westwood asked.

Charlotte shook her head,

After all, you also know the model of American dramas, and how many seasons can be filmed depends on whether or not there is a TV station to renew it. ”

"I don't think you need to worry too much about that. ”

Mr. Westwood said with a smile,

"In my judgment of this script, as long as there are no major mistakes, it is still no problem to successfully renew. What's more, we can also borrow your fame as a big director - what I mean by asking this question is actually if this series is really popular in the future and there are more renewals, do you plan to continue to extend the story?"

"This ......"

Charlotte knew that Mr. Westwood was right.

The story structure of American dramas is mostly like this, because of the filming operation mode of one episode a week and one season and one booking, the crew does not know how long the story can be filmed.

If the results are not good, it is likely to be cut in half in one or two seasons.

- Such episodes are naturally either unfinished or eunuchs, and it is difficult to tell the story completely anyway;

And if the movie has good grades, it will become stinky and long because of the continuous renewal.

- In the end, the content of the original complete story outline has been filmed, and the screenwriters have to write it now, so the excitement of the TV series will be greatly reduced......

This is also the reason why American dramas are often dominated by series with loose structures and relatively independent plots for each episode.

This is determined by the filming mode of American dramas.

And the story content of "Death Note" is precisely not this model-

"I think we'd better finish the story!"

Charlotte finally decided,

"After all, the story structure is here, and besides, this is really just a test of the filming of the TV series by our Ghost Party studio, and there is no need to shoot it for too long. ”

- Moreover, Charlotte also knows that the "Death Note" in his original world, the second part of the later part, is suspected of being a dog-tailed mink.

In his opinion, the story ends after L's death, which is actually quite perfect. Adding the following content is just adding to it.

If you feel that the victory of the abnormal secondary values of Ye Shenyue is really unacceptable, you can also change it to him and L to die together, there is no need to add an extra paragraph at all, but it will reduce the excitement of the story......

Mr. Westwood did not object to Charlotte's decision,

"You're the boss, listen to you in this regard. ”

He smiled at Charlotte and asked another question,

"Speaking of which, which TV station are you going to make this show air?"

"HBO it!"

Charlotte said directly,

"We have recently cooperated with Warner Pictures quite closely, and HBO, which belongs to the same time as them, should sell us more face. ”

"But HBO is a paydesk, right?"

Mr. Westwood was a little unsure,

"They've always been known for their large-scale, but when I look at the story of "Death Note", it doesn't seem to have that many large-scale elements, right?"

"That's just the basic framework. ”

Charlotte shrugged,

"If nothing else, the fact that Death Note kills people can be set to die is enough for us to play - we can set all kinds of performance art style death methods for the slain, and then shoot them one by one. ”

“...... If you do this, you won't make "1000 Ways to Die", right?"

"There are so many, there are 26 kinds, it would be nice to match the number of English words!"

"That's right!"

Mr. Westwood pondered,

"It seems like a lot of fun, maybe it's going to be a hit!"

- No way, American audiences generally have heavier tastes because they read more films, even the very literary "Infernal Affairs", to the Hollywood remake of "The Departed", there are all kinds of swear words, and the two male protagonists are even engaged in the same woman......

Mr. Westwood understands the American audience's love of eco-friendly colors and graphic violence, so he finds Charlotte's plan appealing, but—

"In this way, in order to set the tone and start the beginning, is it better for the first two episodes of "Death Note" to be filmed by Charlotte himself?"

"That's exactly what I wanted!"